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Heelshock
Explorer
Sep 05, 2013

The battery that came with my travel trailer THE battery?

I've learned quite a bit about battery maintenance recently...at the expense of my Exide 24MDP. It's time to replace it. In fact, my plan is to use 2 batteries in parallel to help in our dry camping...
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Almot
Explorer III
Sep 06, 2013
What pianotuna said - balanced wiring if you go 2*12V. For 2*6V - series wiring.

Seems like the debate "6 vs 12" is already on, so - I don't think there is much difference in 2*6 vs 2*12, if nominal amp-hours are the same in either setup. Meaning - 2*110AH @12V = 2*220AH @6V. Main consideration should be to max up the amp-hours at the given space available.

Again, if you come across some monstrous 8D :) and it fits, make sure you can lift it.

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